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Serape

A spiritual being of Discordianism. It resembles a winged monkey, but there seems to be a certain diversity within the Serapes.

FactsThere
are probably five or more. They reflect fundamental characteristics of
discordanism in persona, or not. The first known one showed up on a
bowling alley with a scroll.

There’s a revelation in the Codex Asteroidea that deals with flying monkeys.

They basically act as mediators between the worlds and correspond to what angels are like in the Christian sects.

“And the goddess created man according to her example, and since man is evolved from the ape, the goddess must be a monkey”.

They’re not related to Gulik although that’s not certain.

Origin of name

Some
call them Flying Monkeys… other Ser-Apen. One suspects a corrupting
of the term “Her Apes” thus their apes, which points to the function as
emissaries of fundamental truths. It could also come from “soar (ing)
ape”…“into the air rising monkey”….

Role

It
seems as if each serape fulfils a certain function. Ormek, for example,
is the guardian of Sacred Chao and in this function he ensures a
pleasant distribution of the Hodge and Podge in this world. Maybe it is
also what distinguishes her from Gulik, who is in his function a pure
messenger of the goddess. Serapen have the possibility to intervene
actively and deliberately in this world and to influence it. Whether
this is always done with the consent of the goddess is probably
questionable but not. They seem to be in opposition to the demons of the
Thud and where they seek to strengthen the spheres of Thud in order to
strengthen their position Serapen strive to restore harmony within the
chaos. Perhaps this is why the serapas have only now uncovered
themselves, since it is foreseeable that man alone will not be able to
overcome the spheres of Thud. Serapen research is still quite new within
Discordianism, which is probably due to the fact that serapen have only
recently been discovered.

The fallen serape

Sometimes
Antiape. One wonders whether, as the mythology of the Christian sect
suggests, there is also a fallen serapen who rules over Thud or keeps
Thud and the powers therein within limits in his function. If there is
such a serapen then maybe the Luciferape but this is speculation and if
it exists it has not yet been revealed. But this would explain why the
spheres of Thud have not already taken over the complete control of the
chaos. Others see Gruad as the embodiment of antiapen.

Appearance

We
speculate that the form of the monkey was chosen because it comes
closest to what a human being in harmony with the chaos. Like the human
race before the fall of Atlantis. In other words, there is no other way
because any other human form would remove the serape too far from chaos,
but any form closer to chaos would be too strange for us to understand.
What they all have in common, however, is that in some way they adopt
the appearance of a monkey with wings.